Birth and Life of Opera

Opera first started in Florence, Italy where artists toyed with drama, music, poetry, with a mix of entertainment in order to to create a new form of performance known as drama. The first opera trials  were not popular at first among Europe. However, as time went on and opera was implemented more into society, the more popularity came with it.
There are many forms of opera such as comical or tragedies. Many operas tell stories that people can relate to such as love stories. This is what draws such an attraction to opera. It was eye-opening to learn about the start of opera and how it has advanced through the years. Opera still plays as a large form of entertainment for people in modern day.

Music "Movements"

Post modern music is the adaption to music with society going more modern. Post modern music does not describe a type of music in general, but an actual era. One of the most famous groups that came from this era is U2. Who have recently became the world’s highest paid musicians. This was an Irish Rock band, who really spread the popularity of rock across the world.

Another era of music was the house influencers.  One of the largest groups to come out of this musical era was daft punk. Daft Punk first started their group in Paris in the early 90’s. They pushed French EDM sound of music, making EDM one of the most popular genres of music in current day.

In the 70’s, disco was an extremely popular form of music. Unfortunately, this is one of the genres that have seemed to die down with modern times. One of the most influencial artists to come out of this musical era was Van Mccoy. Van was very musically talented being a songwriter, singer, and conductor in the music industry. Unfortunately, Van Mccoy died shortly after the widespread popularity of his music.

The producer/DJ culture has came more into effect with the widespread popularity of EDM. One of the most popular artists to come out of this culture has been Avicii. Avicii was a good example of all that adds up to this culture of music. He was a DJ, producer, and remixer.  He really shaped EDM remixes and was the reason for the widespread form of this music in recent years. Unfortunately, he passed away due to a drug overdose.

The ninetees was a decade filled with a variety of different genres. One of the largest and most influencial groups to come out of this decade was radiohead. This is an English rock band that gained heavy popularity in the ninetees due to their unique and different rock sound. They changed the sound of modern rock as an influencer.

Final Project

For my final project, I decided I would take videos of the city of Tampa and clip them together. I feel like this best fit my final project, getting to show off the beautiful city we all live in. It was an awesome learning to take clips and turn it into an edited video.

What if the world is a simulation?

My first look upon the question, "what if the world is a simulation?" made me want to do more research. I did a Google search and read some information on the possibility of the world being a simulations. My findings were very interesting with philosophers, doctors, writers, and technologists saying it is very possible. The belief that technology is actually so advanced that all of us are people in a simulation. I read that people believe that "God" is the supercomputer that is running this simulation for all of us. This is something I find very interesting. To think about the possibility of the world being a simulation is very real, but I do not believe this is the case. I believe that all of us are here on this Earth and there is creatures that may be similar to us on other planets. There is no way for us to be the only thing that exists. I feel as if technology would already be so much further advanced if, truly, we were in a simulation.

Can you create art with technology?

Can you create art with technology? When first reading this question, I instantly thought of the simulations of water that were played in class. These simulations were considered art due to the beautiful flow of water with different colors. It was something that really grabbed your attention and I feel as if this is a great example of creating art with technology. So, yes you can create art with technology. However, there are other ways of creating art with technology and will continue to get better with the development of better technology. Clearly, you can create art with technology. Hence the coarse name art and technology. We have been been seeing examples of how we can create art with technology in the videos and projects we have been receiving in class.

Technology

Currently, we live in a generation so focused on and filled with technology. Hence the reason why this decade is known as “the age of technology.” One of the most important pieces of technology we use in our everyday society is our cellphones. Everywhere you look in our everyday lives people are so consumed in their phones, they play such an important role in our lives.

Cell phones were first created in the 1970’s, but this was just a plain phone in which you could call someone on the go. This eventually over time became more advanced and in 1992, the first smart phone was created. But, it was almost nothing like it is today. Still, you could only call on the phone and not much else. The first IPhone came out in 2007, changing the technology for smartphones completely. This was a design created by Steve Jobs, one of the most influential people that this decade has ever seen for technology. Unfortunately, Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, but his work was continued by his company. Today, Iphones are everywhere we look. This is a device that is so important across the world and has influenced other types of technology. The Iphone makes it so we have a computer in our pocket. We have information for everything and anything right in our pocket. We get to make phone calls, receive and send texts, get weather, news, and access to the internet. It is absolutely groundbreaking technology for our time.

It is hard to guess what comes next for technology. Everything is advancing so fast in our society due to us being so focused on advancing technology. What I see coming next is holograms from phones. This would be something in which you could have a conversation in person without being with the person. This would be something similar to facetime except a full body and more realistic experience. It is hard to say how this technology will be created. But, I definitely see it coming down the line and most likely sooner rather than later. This would be also very groundbreaking in our modern day society.

Performance Art

Here is a skit of something that would happen as bullying at UT. It is important to stick up for one another.